The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-01-27
GRAVES OF RICH MEN.
c CAPITALISTS WHO THINK ABOUT
DEATH AND BUY TOMBSTONES.

william II. Vanderbilt's Final Resting
Place in the Big Granite Tomb-Showy
Plots ana Imposing Mausoleums oil
Men Who Expect to Die Rich.
The death and burial of such famous men
al Grant, Tilden. Hendricks and Arthur, and
tho recent removal of the remains OF VIII
linn II Vanderbilt from the receiving vault
in the NClgvian cemetery at New DoTp 10
It's final resting place i'll the big granite toEhD,
ewalicn an interest in the instances Where
well known living men have made provision
for their incerment after death. All the
beautiful! cemeteries in the vicinity OF New
yCrI; contain evidences Of the care with which
some men have arranged for their bodies
resting place after the soul has fled In this
connection, however, Woodlawn seems to
have the lead Although the late Commo
dora Vanderbilt made no preparation for his
crave except to own modest little lot at
New DOrp, and the newly constructed mauso-
laum OF william H. Vanderbilt contains
several catacombs, several members OF the
family have secured beautiful plots at Wood
lawn George Osgood and d. b. Allen, Mrs.
Horace Il. Clarke and Cornelius Vanderbilt
all have snowy plots in this cemetery and
spend much money in improving them.
Among the mausoeums built here is that OF
the late Frederick Butterfeld, erected long
before his death, which cost 100000.
OTHER BEAUTIFUL ToAlBs.
Opposite Cornelius Vanderbilt's plot at Cen
tral and Poplar avenues is that OF William H.
Appleton, joined by that of A. Ii. Borney. A
little further along is beautiful mausoleum
Of Westerly granite, built by Christian Hester,
OF Hester Brothers. Mr.. H. Ii. Cook, the
millionaire IF Seventy ghth street and Fifth
avenue, paid 100000 for plot some time ago.
md is building mausoleum which will cost
&40, 900 more A large plot on Beach lawn,
conspicuous Tor large figure of Hope, eight
feet high, mounted on pedestal rising thirty
feet high, nom base nine feet square, marks
the burial plpt of William +. Havemeyer ii.
NJ Flacler. &C the Standard Oil company, has
n beautiful tJmb built on hill not far from
that wherein rests the remains of Marshall o.
Robert5, whnse sarcophagus marks the same
epnrpeiatigu of art that characterized his life.
Coils huntington, president OF the Gen.
trai Pacific railway, and one OF the best
known Of the magnateS OF Wall street, has
laid some curious plans for his grave lie In
tends that his remains shall be laid to rest at
WCJdlawn, in a mausoleum more pretentious
and more costly and of greater proportions
than any vet built. The stones that will be
used IN its construction he proposes shall each
be of such enormous weight that no ordinary
railroad car can carry them. They will be
brought as near as possible to the cemetery
by boat and then rolled on immense rollers
over the country roads to the site of the tomb.
II it Is found necessary to carry these stones
over a bridge, their weight will be such that
it will be found necessary TO strengthen the
structures supports.
JAY GoULD's PROVISION.
MIR Jay Gould has made elaborate provis-
ion for the disposition of his body after death.
He has erected on Central avenue in Wood
haven cemetery costly and imposing struct-
ura Il occupies the highest elevation Of the
grounds, and commands a view of the 400
acres given ID to tenements of the dead. The
ground on which the tnttoaanlarIo stands is
25Of,e5 across, and is circular in form. 1t
cost 10000 The mausoleum, the exterior of
which is modelled after one of the most
famous buii tings that once stood on the
Acropo@s il Athens-the Parthenon-cost
$50, 900 More than 800 tons of Westerly
granite was used in its construction. The
building is 81 feet long and 10 feet wide, and
is surrounded by Doric pillars, thirty in num-
Der. Five pieces of solid granite compose tho
roof, each piece being 30 feet long and feet
wide. Tho door is solid bronze, and cost
$1,000 Within the mausoleum are twelve
shelves or cutacombs, divided by an aisle 10
feet wide at the end of which is an ornate
stained glass window, representing the heav-
enlv choir. Each Of the catacombs is feet
long and o. teet deep. A heavy slab of pol
ished marble constitutes the face of each, and
win doubles contain the name and so on of
the person whose body is deposited within.
Embedded in each stone is heavy bronze
handle The ceiling of the vault is of pol
ished marble. No name will appear on the
outside of tho mausoleum to show who lies
buried within.
Mr. Gouds associate, Washington e. Con-
nor, has secured beautiful burial plot. A
less pretentious but similar mausoleum is
that of Henry A. Hurlbut, the well known
banker and Insurance broker, which is stu
ated near the receiving tomb on Chapel hill.
IL has two col INNS on each side of its mas
sive door, and, like Mr.. Goulds vault, is
lighted by stained glass window. 1t is built
entirely Of polished white Italian marble.
Near by IS tho grave Of De Long, the Arctic
explorer, Besides there are scores of active,
go-ahcad men Of business, who, although they
| Seem to he too much engrossed with life and
its cares to think much about death, have
made like provision for their place of abode
when they shall rest from their labors and
await the inevitable hour.-New York Mai
and Express.